RPM Package Installer

**ThaRaven** · 02-18-2006, 08:51 AM

My RPM Package Installer has no packages in the menu (it did, just a few days ago as a matter of fact but now for some reason there's nothing there). I tried to rebuild the RPM database, it said complete but there was no change. Anyone have a solution?

**chirpy** · 02-18-2006, 10:11 AM

Make sure that your OS update tool (often yum or up2date) is working.

**ThaRaven** · 02-18-2006, 10:51 AM

I attempted to install the RPM I was going to install ("yum install mrtg") but I got the following errors:

Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: update
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: update

**chirpy** · 02-18-2006, 10:55 AM

What OS and version do you use? You're probably going to need to reset /etc/yum.conf back to the OS original.

**ThaRaven** · 02-18-2006, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by chirpy

What OS and version do you use?

CentOS 4.2 i686
WHM 10.8.0 cPanel 10.8.1-R113

Originally Posted by chirpy

You're probably going to need to reset /etc/yum.conf back to the OS original.

Hmmm..

**chirpy** · 02-18-2006, 11:04 AM

That's probably because CentOS upgraded the yum repo with an incorrect update and then sent out another one. thought it might catch a few people. To fix, replace /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo with:

Code:

# CentOS-Base.repo
#
# This file uses a new mirrorlist system developed by Lance Davis for CentOS.
# The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the
# update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and
# geographically close to the client.  You should use this for CentOS updates
# unless you are manually picking other mirrors.
#
# If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the 
# remarked out baseurl= line instead.
#
#

[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#released updates 
[update]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#packages used/produced in the build but not released
[addons]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#contrib - packages by Centos Users
[contrib]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

That's the correct, latest, repo file for CentOS v4.2

**ThaRaven** · 02-18-2006, 11:14 AM

That fixed it, you've been very helpful thank you.

**ThaRaven** · 02-18-2006, 11:20 AM

If I may bother you again, I installed the RPM I was looking for (Multi Router Traffic Grapher), but I'm not sure how to activate it, I've done a "locate *mrtg*" but it hasn't found anything. I'd be grateful if you could offer help with this.

**chirpy** · 02-18-2006, 11:29 AM

After installation you actually have to configure mrtg. The files won't be in locate yet because the database it uses is only updated once a day during the daily cron jobs. The directory where the mrtg files are created is:

/var/www/mrtg/

The configuration files are:

/etc/mrtg/

There are a whole load of pre-built configurations that you can use linked to from the MRTG site and through general web searching:
http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/

**host2b.com** · 02-18-2006, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by chirpy

That's probably because CentOS upgraded the yum repo with an incorrect update and then sent out another one. thought it might catch a few people. To fix, replace /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo with:

....

[That's the correct, latest, repo file for CentOS v4.2

Hi, i had the same problem, i do this and now in whm i saw all rpm packages.

There is a problem, when i do in ssh yum install mrtg i recive this...

Error: Bad repository file ///etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo.
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: mrtg
Nothing to do

Why??

**homeprimax** · 02-27-2006, 07:41 PM

I've encountered the same error when rpm installer was manually aborted. Try to run:

ps -Afw | grep install

If you will find yum or up2date process that is called from ./doinstallpackage, than kill it.

**WiroWaas** · 10-24-2006, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by chirpy

That's probably because CentOS upgraded the yum repo with an incorrect update and then sent out another one. thought it might catch a few people. To fix, replace /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo with:

Code:

# CentOS-Base.repo
#
# This file uses a new mirrorlist system developed by Lance Davis for CentOS.
# The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the
# update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and
# geographically close to the client.  You should use this for CentOS updates
# unless you are manually picking other mirrors.
#
# If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the 
# remarked out baseurl= line instead.
#
#

[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#released updates 
[update]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#packages used/produced in the build but not released
[addons]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

#contrib - packages by Centos Users
[contrib]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4

That's the correct, latest, repo file for CentOS v4.2

I have the same problem. But I'm using Fedora Core 4, would you please tell me the correct, latest, repo file?

**chirpy** · 10-25-2006, 11:11 AM

Now that FC4 is no longer supported, you'll need to use FedoraLegacy:
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy/YumFC4Detailed

(link wasn't working too well when I tried it)

**asiams** · 03-13-2010, 01:24 AM

Hello Chirpy,

Where can I find my mission repo file for CentOS 4.8? Can the posted 4.2 work ok with 4.8?

Thank you.

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